"I'll String Along with You" is a popular

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 song

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 with music by Harry Warren

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 and lyrics by Al Dubin

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, published in 1934

1934 in music

-Events:*March 12 - the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler given the world premiere of Paul Hindemith's symphony Mathis der Maler in Berlin.*May 28 - The Glyndebourne festival is inaugurated....

. It features in the 1934 film Twenty Million Sweethearts

Twenty Million Sweethearts

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 where it is sung by Dick Powell

Dick Powell

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.

The song's chorus is sung repeatedly during the showgirl-audition scene in the movie Mrs. Henderson Presents.

Lyrics

You may not be an angel, 'Cause angels are so few

But until the day that one comes along, I'll string along with you
I'm looking for an angel to sing my love song to

And until the day that one comes along I'll string along with you

For every little fault that you have--say I have three or four

The human little faults that you do have just make me love you more

You may not be angel, but still I'm sure you'll do

So, until that day that one comes along, I'll string along with you

Notable Recordings Include:

• Dick Powell (1934)

• Al Bowlly
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• Louis Armstrong
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• Dean Martin
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• Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
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  , on her 1999 album When I Look in Your Eyes
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